Vietnam Lashes Out at China, Tries to Coax Firms to Stay

Vietnam's prime minister charged that China "seriously threatened peace" by parking its oil rig in disputed waters, as Hanoi tried to coax foreign businesses to stay in the country after a destructive spate of anti-Chinese riots.

Taiwan rejected a compensation plan sketched out by Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung for factories burned and looted in the unrest last week, and a Taiwanese steel company threatened not...